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Social History of Smoking, by G. L. Apperson
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Title: The Social History of Smoking
Author: G. L. Apperson
Release Date: April 1, 2006 [EBook #18096]
Language: English
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THE
SOCIAL HISTORY
OF SMOKING
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
BYGONE LONDON LIFE
THE
SOCIAL HISTORY
OF SMOKING
BY G.L. APPERSON, I.S.O.
LONDON MARTIN SECKER NUMBER FIVE JOHN STREET ADELPHI
First published 1914
PRINTED AT THE BALLANTYNE PRESS LONDON
TO
J.H.M. AND R.W.B.
GOOD FRIENDS AND
GOOD SMOKERS
BOTH
PREFACE
This is the first attempt to write the history of